Addicks's Wife Divorce Plea Dismissed in Delaware
In Wilmington Delaware on December 5 Mrs J Edward Addicks petition for an absolute divorce from husband was thrown out and adversely reported by commissioner Alexander E Cooper. Testimony spans about 4000 pages with eighty witnesses. no petition was filed October 19 1885 in New Castle County Superior Court. Corespondent named Mrs Ida Carr Wilson. Mrs Addicks separated with her 11 year old daughter moving to Philadelphia amid repeated failed efforts to settle. Mr Addicks expected to disprove the charges when the matter reached court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
J. Edward Addicks
Alexander EE. Cooper
Delaware
Aldermanic Log Rolling Questioned by Krebs Jr
Franz H. Krebs Jr defends remarks on aldermanic nominating practices and log rolling at a Boston aldermanic convention. He rejects blame on Mayor Curtis, calls aldermanic nominations a continuing system, and says the aldermanic convention was a travesty on Republican institutions. He invites further publication of charges against rivals who circulate scurrilous statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Moran
Moran
Curtis
Boston
Franz H. Krebs, Jr
South Boston Germans Endorse Quincy for Mayor
A large meeting of German residents from Wards 13 14 and 16 at Tonti Hall South Boston heard speakers Arton Mersch ex Councilman Charles H Dirksmeyer Fred Schwaab Louis P Pfau and George Wirth. The gathering unanimously backed Josiah Quincy for Mayor and the entire Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonti Hall
South
Boston
Arton Mersch
Charles H. Dirksmeyer
Fred Schwaab
Louis P. Pfau
George Wirth
Josiah Quincy
Kaiser Grants Wandering Beggar Help After Misunderstanding
Berlin papers recount a Kaiser William encounter near Jagdschloss Hubertsstock where a tram p sought Unterstutz zug and road directions. The man, unaware he spoke to the Emperor, was detained on police suspicion but released by a telegram from the Emperor ordering care and a free ticket to Cuxhaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kaiser’ William
Puir Fuuk Tae
Angermunde
Cuxhaven
Pall Mall Gazette
Cooks Ball in Cotillon Hall Fifth Annual Ball Scene
The Boston Cooks Alliance Association held its fifth annual ball in Cotillon Hall with 200 couples and the National Guard Orchestra performing. President Cornelius Gallant led the grand march with Mrs Flaherty, as chefs and escorts filled the floor in patriotic decor and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Orchestra
Boston Cooks’ Alliance Association
Cotillon Hall
Cornelius Gallant
Joseph Flaherty
Boston
Gallant
Arthur E. Housego
Patrick O. Riley
John Lambert
Edward
Fragmentary Social Directory Names at Local Dance
A crowded list of attendees from a social event includes Mr and Mrs Keaneen, Mr and Mrs Putty, Mrs Robert Collin, Nines Welsh and wife, Miss Mary OBrien, Clarence Gallant, John Smith and wife, George Brown and wife, Miss Katie Dalman, Mr and Mrs Kane, Mr and Mrs John Lambert, Miss Belle Taylor, Michael Coe, Martin Fay, Mr and Mrs Anderson, McGreevin, J Henry Heaphy, Miss Boosie Malone, J P Flaherty, Timothy Hogan, John Burke, Harry Brennan, Frank Kelly, zone aes and wife, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
Keaneen
Aries Putty
Robert Collin
Aries Y
Nines Welsh
Mary O’brien
Clarence Gallant
John Smith
George Brown
Wale Ponor
Katie Dalman
M Kane
John Lambert
Belle Taylor
Michael Coe
Michael Christy
Martin Fay
Oo BR
Notable Names List Captured With Misses and Messrs
A long OCR readout lists numerous individuals including Louise Wesivan Harry liberherty Lyons Miss Nellie Crowin Patrick Fogerty Frank Keenan James Marke Joseph Coughlin Miss Mattie Healy and many others such as Miss Katie Kiddy Miss Annie Beaters Thomas Lyons Michael Leary James Murphy John Beardwit Miss Minnie Galand Miss Ellie Garvey Julian Mackie Miss Minnie Hew Miss Ellie Lee Barney Farley Regan Miss Katie Whelan John Dryman Thomas Riley Miss May Foley Miss Brennan Miss Susie Dunn Miss Marguerite Delnon Miss Iou Smith George Moore and more, ending with Daniel Keefe Henry Woods John Leary Joseph Reho and Dorucie alongside additional unnamed parties.
Fourth annual Union Social Club ball at Orienta Hall
The fourth annual Union Social Club ball was held at Orienta Hall last evening with a large turnout. From 8 to 9 there was a promenade concert and about 100 couples joined the grand march led by President Thomas J. Lee and Miss Katy Daly. Assistants included Vice President Keefe and Miss Mamie Baker, with club presidents and their ladies in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Social Club
Orienta Hall
McCarthy
Connolly
Riddle
Thomas J. Lee
Katy Daly
Keefe
Mamie Baker
Joseph A. Callahan
Wellingtons
Fred A. Sullivan
Clarenfons
Frank Juggine
Madisons
Herbert A. Dallas
Walnuts
John W. Shone
Webbers
Nicholas J. Hackett
Roxbury Fife
T. J. Leo
John J. Keefe
Henry N. Doll
John J
Ward 16 Republican rally described as a bust for Campbell
An account of a Ward 16 Republican Club celebration at 934 Washington Street where Bill Campbell and Democratic allies attended. The event featured heavy drinking, mixed political rhetoric, and a toastmaster’s flamboyant oration, ending with Campbell’s withdrawal amid political speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Ward 16
Bill Campbell
Curtis ‘Forces
Campbell
Washington Street
Bill
Republican Party
Ohverett
Mallory
Castle Street
Doubly Thankful Endorsement For Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Francis B. Somerby of East Boston recovered from a severe kidney inflammation after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Woodbury Drug Co. Her husband, a Civil War veteran, also benefited and plans continued use. The ad claims widespread veteran support and urges purchase from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B. Somerby
Marion St
East Boston
Dean
Woodbury Drug Co
Maverick Sq
Foster‘Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Assembly Names Attendees List for Local Meeting
A long roster of attendees is listed for a local gathering including Burke Hamill Connelly McKenney Cunningham Pickard Cun ningham Welch Mulvee Horan and many others. Representatives Quirk Casey and numerous ladies and gentlemen are named among the attendees with several surnames repeated across the roster.
Hudson Associates Sixth Grand Ball at Monument Hall
The Hudson Associates of Charlestown held their sixth grand ball in Monument Hall last night. A large crowd enjoyed a concert until 9 p m. The grand march with about 100 couples followed. Dancing continued to 2 a m with a supper break. Floor manager was Michael J Margey, assisted by Neil McConologue, with a long list of aides and a committee of arrangements including J J Porter and D J Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Associates
Charlestown
Monument Hall
Michael J. Margey
Neil McConologue
J. J. Carrol
Daneel Manning
D. J. Barry
James McConologue
Oh. J. Margey
H. A. Lynch
M. J. Margey
Death of Hon L G Downes Calais Maine
The Hon L G Downes died at his Calais home at 2 PM after a brief illness. He served as Calais mayor in 1876 and declined re election. He joined the Governor's council in 1878 and 1886 and again from 11 to 95. He was probate judge and held the Calais National Bank presidency in 1879 and city treasurer since 1890, serving continuously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
L. G. Downes
Calais National Bank
NOT HIS SON Afternoon Letters Reveal Hayes Mindset
In Cambridge Middlesex County Probate Court the Hayes will case continued with William Loring testifying about alleged marital issues and a past illegitimate child. Letters from Loring to Hayes were read to show Hayes's mental state and handling of affairs as the trial resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex County
Cambridge
Hayes Will
Hayes
William Caseb Loring
Loring
Francis &. Hayes
Molantire
Wethersfield Row
Mr. Hayes
Colonel Hunt
New Hamlet Parodies Displayed Outside Massachusetts Clothing Co
In the summer season the Massachusetts Clothing Company displayed a weather and game board at the Hanover and Portland streets corner. This week the shop adds a bulletin with odd sayings and parodies to keep passers-by engaged and informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Clothing Company
Hanover
Portland
To buy or not to buy clothing at MY CLOTHIDR
What Hamlet might say about purchasing clothing from MY CLOTHIDR. A playful frame questions whether buying is nobler than suffering and advertises the brand in a Shakespearean bent. It nods to fashion desires and literary flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Playgoers Club Forms To Discuss Stage Attractions
A meeting at the 2th Century Club formed the Playgoers Club to meet socially and discuss current stage attractions. H Gordon Johnson was named temporary chairman and Albert White Vorse temporary secretary. A London Playgoers Club constitution was considered and a committee was set to report December 12. Professor Alfred Hennequin read a paper on Adapters and Adaptations. Roland Reed and Frank Mayo attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2Th Century Club
Alfred Hennequin
Roland Reed
Frank Mayo
Surprise Party for Mr Tilt in Roxbury
A surprise party was held at Mr J Tilt’s residence 212 Rimwood street Roxbury last night. He received an elegant gold ring from numerous friends. Attendees included Miss Minnie Gilmore Miss Nellie Costello Miss Sadie Tilt Miss Minnie Wade Miss Agnes Mullen Miss Agnes Coughlin Miss Mary Timons Miss Mollie Tucker Miss Nellie Flannery Miss Tillie Dorwin J Plannery J Lawyer Hi Webster D Vance M Kenney William O’Neill J Mathes William Flannery J Quigley and O
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Tilt
Rimwood Street
Roxbury
Minnie Gilmore
Nellie Costello
Sadie Tilt
Minnie Wade
Agnes Mullen
Agnes Coughlin
Mary Timons
Mollie Tucker
Nellie Flannery
Tillie Dorwin
J. Plannery
J. Lawler
Hi. Webster
D. Vance
Harvard Man’s Rise Through Elite Circles at College
The narrative describes a student’s rise in Harvard social and academic circles, noting memberships in Zeta Psi, Porcelain Club, Hasty Pudding, and The White Caps, along with vita in Back Bay society. He rooms alone in Hilton’s block, hosts at Beck Hall, and engages with notable classmates like Trafford, Harding, Goodwin, Mandell, Keyes, and Storrow before pursuing law in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Zeta Psi
H. M. Sears
P. S. Sears
P. L. Saltonstall
P. M
Dig
C. J. de Peyster
H. A. Carey
Bilis
H. Morgan
University
Porcelain Club
Harvard
Whitecaps
Back Bay
Hilton’s Block
Beck Hall
Mr. Smith
Perry D. Trafford
Victor M. Harding
New England Happenings and State Reports Recap
Essex Pomona Grange elects officers at Rowley meeting with about 100 attendees. Maine Dairymen open state conference in Norway with J A Roberts and W H Vinton in attendance. Greenfield High School dedicated after sixteen months and 43000 dollar cost. Dinamite for revenge reported in Litchfield with 100 cartridges found under stone. Newburyport lineman Cephas Forman suffers 30 foot fall, hospitalized with unknown cause.
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Pomona Granghe
Rowley
Essex County
Pomona Grange
B. F. Huntington
Amesbury
L. W. Bradley
West Newbury
George E. Crosby
Tewksbury
Charles E. Hoyt
Merrimac
B. A. Fuller
North Andover
G. Sargent
Méthuen
E. A. Emerson
Haverhill
Matilda B. Land
West Boxford
John F. Hobbs
Lawrence
Pomona
Eda Emerson
Ceres
Nellie Huntington
Flora
Nellie B. Gordon
Bertha A. Chandler
Andover
Maine Dairymen
Norway
W. H. Vinton
State Board of Agriculture
Cumberland County
J. A. Roberts
Norway Grange
Greenfield School
Greenfield
Opera House
Newburyport
Cephas Forman
Gas and Electric Company
Mrs Richards Recital Delights Pierce Hall Audience
Mrs Richards presented a staged drawing room recital in Pierce Hall with a white satin gown and pearls. Ushers in evening dress and a reception at the close drew a distinguished crowd including Jacob Rogers and Louise Chandler Moulton. performance featured Riley, Bayard Taylor, Eugene Field, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Parker, and Smith selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Richards
Pierce Hall
Louise Grout
Cora Forbes
Margaret Baylor
Edith Stephenson
Bessie Gilbert
Ethel Blanchard
Harry B. Morse
Jamaica Plain
Richards
Jessekiah Brown
Mrs. Richards
Louis N. Parker
London
F. Hopkinson Smith
Gene Field
Arthur Howard Pickering
Frederick Briggs
B. F. Keith
Julian K. Smyth
Edward Johnson
Benales
Oliver Ditson
A. Fred Brown
R. A. Barnet
Henry Dennison
Dennison
Washington G. Benedict
Caroline Hall Washburn
Henry Whitman
Kate Ryan
Caroline Hill Noble
Rene
Parks
Walter Gilman Pagé
Franco
Walker
Literary Announcements From Youth's Companion Volume
The annual Youth's Companion notices highlight contributions by eminent figures such as lord chief justice of England and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Other topics cover Miles on his army youth, government secretaries on diverse subjects, and Andrew Carnegie on becoming a business man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nelson A. Miles
Hauling Songs of the Sailors Lecture Aids Seamen
Mr Lahee to speak on hauling songs once sung by sailors now fading as steam replaces muscle. A sailor will illustrate the lecture at Association Hall on Monday evening December 16 to aid the seamen's department of the Episcopal City Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahee
Association Hall
Seamen’s Department
Episcopal City Mission
Theatrical Matters Two Musical Recitals Announced
The column notes Roland Reed touring Atlanta for Christmas and Clara Thropp headlining A Bowery Girl at the Columbia. It highlights Maud Harlan in Too Much Johnson, May Irwin and Nat Goodwin engagements, the Wakefield concert tour, Frank Mayo’s adaptation work, Lulu Taber in In Old Kentucky at the Boston Theatre, Carmen at Castle Square, and various acts at Keith's Tremont Row and other venues. It mentions performers, theater bookings, and upcoming shows in Boston and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Harlan
Mrs. Billings
Johnson
Cigar scare in Hartford proved unfounded
In Hartford on December 6 a morning paper claimed Spaniards or Cubans were in town to buy arms. Inquiry at Colt and Pratt & Whitney shows no such purchases. A Cuban sold cheap smuggled cigars at Pratt & Whitney yesterday. clerks wish for refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
Pratt & Whitney Company
Arma
Pratt & Whitney’s
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Walt Maedia
United States
John Duncan
Addicks's
South Boston
Kaiser and the
Tramp
NEW England Piano CO
Tad
Rentaron
Cooks’ Alliance Associa
Tion
John Goulding
Arthur EB. Housego
UNION
Sobial Club
William Hogan
William Dyar
Nellie Hansbury
Julia Crowley
Maggie Keefe
George Cunningham
James Connors
Annie Lunney
Annie Sparrow
William Cunningham
Ida, Cunningham
Margaret Malley
William Clark
Mamie Hackett
Kitty McCarthy
Kitty Malley
Maggie Curley
William Colbert
J. P. Lannigan
D. S. Fitz
William Hill
Thomas Brady
John Drury
George Freiburg
John Cummings
George Perkins
James Grainey
Charles Batchelder
Patrick, Feeny
Peter Leahy
J. A. Mumray
Ka Curley
Mary Mullen
Mary McCue
Nellie Keough
Mamie Hardy
Susie Gilligan
Margaret Fay
Mary Jennings
Miss Connors
Maggie Fitz
Sadie Conly
Mamie Griffin
Patrick Conly
Hugh Lynch
Harriman
Hudson Associates’ Gall
Francis B. Hayes
Mr. Loring
the Playgoers' Club
MR. Tilt
New England
Atlanta
Clara Thropp
Columbia
Willl
Bowery
Soubrette
Taggs
Neil Burgess
Kidd
Evans and Hoey
the Bowery
May Irwin
Hollis
Nat Goodwin
Henry Guy Carleton
Wakefield
Chickering Hall
Wakefield Concert Company
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
Lulu Taber
Old Kentucky
Laura Burt
Carmen
Castle Square
Fra Diavolo
William Wolff
Arthur Wooley
Baron von Palm
Keith’s
Troja
the Howard
Lothrop
Austin & Stone’s
Tremont Row Museum
Emil Tiffero
Steinert Hall
Eben Vackey
Little Proto
Palace Theatre
Grand Museum
Nickelodeon
Woods
Catlo Hall
Joé Mullen
Tremont T Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Frank
Mark Twain
Wilson
Della Opera Co
Bowdoin SQ
reiaTar
Athkingon
York
Stanid
Frank Dunn
Rnehers
Bictaree
Salinette Lade
Old Howard
Vanderilie
America
Yvette Guilbert
E Howard
Egeretons
Thorpe
Carleton
Glynn
Cooke
Bo Detective
A. Poe
Austin Tremont
Row, Scollay SQ
Tokio
Japan
Mankicht
Imperial Oriental
Nathan
Lockhart
Elephanto
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Theatre In America
Burmah
Castle Square Theatre
Matthes Wedne
Castle Sq. Opera Co
Ormances
RA Diavolo
Jones
Mats
Boylston St
Masonic Temple
Tela
Park Theatre
Boston Museum
Wm. Gillette
Palac May Russell Company Proto
Queen of High Kickers
Erate
Annie A Talberan
Crystal
Ace Hoc
Columbia Theatre
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